Feb 10, 2021 | Coronavirus, News
Grocery shopping has changed for good as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to Ocado, which reported a 35% increase in sales over the past year. In its full year results for the 52 weeks ended 29th November 2020, the online grocer saw underlying profits rise...
Feb 2, 2021 | News, Retailing
January saw shoppers spend £1 billion more on supermarket food and drink items compared to the same four-week period last year, with take-home grocery sales also rising by 12.2% during the 12 weeks to 24th January 2021, according to Kantar. Sales growth accelerated to...
Jan 11, 2021 | News, Retailing
Online retailer Ocado has warned its customers that it may face shortages of certain products during the current coronavirus lockdown. In an email, the company explained that changes to the UK supply chain had affected its suppliers and that there may be shortages of...
Aug 24, 2020 | Coronavirus, News, Retailing
The food and grocery market in the UK is set to grow by £2 billion by 2022, according to the latest channel forecast research from retail analysis company IGD. The research suggests that the grocery market in the UK will grow by 10% between 2019 and 2022, which...
May 29, 2019 | News, Retailing
The latest market share figures from Kantar show that Aldi’s consumer spend was up 11.1% from the 12 weeks to 20th May 2018 to the 12 weeks to 19th May 2019, making it the fastest growing supermarket, attracting nearly one million more households compared with...
